Bible Strands
Job 13:16
Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks to his friends during his legal defense, immediately after declaring his hope in God despite potential death and before requesting their attention to his final argument.
The words — The term חָנֵף (chaneef) denotes a godless or hypocritical person, while לִֽישׁוּעָ֑ה (lishu'ah) literally means deliverance, establishing the verse's structural contrast between the speaker's hope and the ungodly's exclusion.
The thread — The theme of God becoming deliverer appears in Psalms 118:21, while the question of who can endure standing before divine judgment runs through Isaiah 33:14.
Why it lands — The passage requires a reader to accept that ungodliness disqualifies one from approaching God, making the choice to hope in Him the only viable posture for the speaker.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 12:1 In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
- Psalms 118:21 I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.
- Isaiah 33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
- Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
- Job 8:13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
- Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Job 36:13 The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
- Psalms 27:1 Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
- Psalms 62:6 He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
- Psalms 118:14 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.